Jet2landia...

On mondays Madeira is getting, currently, 5 Jet2 flights...
Don't really know if it's possible to get all five together on the ground but I guess that 3 in a row is not that bad :)
From now on the pics will have a fainted watermark in the middle of the pic...don't really like it but got tired of having local newspapers (and others) using the pics without permission or paying anything...photo equipment doesn't come for free!!

B738 G-GDFP, G-GDFC, G-JZHR
Curiously, the middle one (G-GDFC) was the one that got grounded for a few weeks at Madeira, due to a tailstrike...
Check HERE

G-GDFP pushing back to runway 23

G-JZHR linning up on runway 23

Jet2 tailstrike: getting stuff ready for the repair

Jet2 B738 that suffered the tail strike at Madeira, last Feb., 17th (see AVHerald info HERE) was moved last Friday to the position where it will be repaired and the support tents for the repairing team started to be mounted around the tail of the plane.

Close up, where the protections for the several parts of the plane are noticeable

Close up on the tail area with all the support material being lifted up

Ducted Jet2

Looks like the Jet2 that suffered the tail strike last Feb. 17th 2014 at Madeira (G-GDFC) will still be around for a few days...
(waiting for Boeing engineers and hardware to repair it...)

Yesterday morning noticed they had taped it in some areas...

Wings emergency exits...

nose...

Week Photo: Grounded by Tailstrike

Last Monday, Jet2's B738 G-GDFC performing a flight from Leeds made a tailstrike while landing...
It suffered some damage on the fuselage (fortunately not any kind of personal damage...) and for now it waiting for further evaluation...

It's quite a rare sight to see a Jet2 in night-stop, at Madeira

It's even more rare to see it with covered engines...

 The couple of usual night-stopers for this week....Sata's A320 CS-TKP is based at Madeira (so it's a usual nightstoper not just for the week)...and the forced one, from Jet2...let's see if this week there are some visible developments...